I may very well spend most of the rest of my life in Texas, but as long as I live here, I will never understand its political system. When I moved here almost 20 years ago, I was dumb-founded that they elected Supreme Court judges. How objective will the highest Court in the state be when it’s politically beholding? What kind of sense does that make?
And now it’s this whole caucus thing. From the scant information I can glean about the whole process, it apparently involves showing up at 7:15, waiting in line for two hours and then casting a vote for the same person you already voted for.
In other states, they try to reach a consensus on a precinct basis. In Texas, it doesn’t work that way. Each precinct awards delegates on a percentage basis. The people that choose to stand in line again get to vote twice.
How, exactly, does this differ from the Primary process (except for the 2 votes part)? What’s the point of a Caucus if doesn’t differ materially from a Primary?
The only justification I can even try to see is that, in most elections, it leaves the Democratic party insiders with a 1/3 vote. I’ve lived here for almost 20 years and, until now, didn’t even realize there was a caucus.
We’re living in surreal times and learning more about the arcana of the election process than I think any of us may be comfortable with.
And not just in Texas.
Superdelegates? What? What is so super about that?
The Democrats have gone to great lengths to ensure that Party insiders have a large voice in the final decision.
I don’t think they counted on people taking the Party back over.
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